Vehicle-spring brace



(N9 Model.)

Z. T. B-USH. Vehicle SpringBrace.

Patented April 26,1881.

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ZAOHRIAH T. BUSH, OF STANTON, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-SPRING BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,656, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed September 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ZAGHRIAH TAYLOR BUSH, of Stanton, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan, have invented a new 5 and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Spring Braces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of vehicles in which the springs are arranged at the sides instead of parallel with the axletrees.

The invention consists essentially in a brace of novel construction and the combination thereof with the side springs and with reaches extending from the axle-trees, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view of the springs and axle-trees with the brace and reaches in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the front axle-tree; B, the

rear axle-tree; O, the frontbolster, and C the rear bolster.

D D are the side springs, connected to the bolsters G and G by shackles, in the usual or any suitable manner.

-E represents my improved brace, consisting of a bar having both ends forked or divided 3 into branches f. These branches fare secured to the springs D D by bolts, or in any other suitable manner, and the middle portion of the brace is curved downward to the level of the reaches.

Gr represents the front reach, and G G2 the rear reaches. The front reach is straight, and extends from the bolster O to the center of the oblong figure formed by the bolsters and the springs, at which central point it crosses the 4 center of the brace E. The rear reaches have their rear ends attached to the rear bolster. From the points of attachment they extend forward in a straight direction for a few inches, then inward toward each other and toward the center of the oblong figure above described, and then straight forward again, with their inner edges in contact with each other, passing beyond the center of the brace E, and either over or under the rear end of the front reach. The rear portion of the front reach is provided with a series of round holes, and the front straight portions of the rear reaches are each provided on the inner edge with a series of half-round notches.

The parts above described are secured to each other by means of a bolt, H, a series of clips, J, and a block, L. The block L is of semi-cylindrical form in. its cross-section, and its flat side rests on the top of the straight portions of the reaches which meet each other and cross the brace E. The bolt H passes through one of the holes in the reach G, and one of the holes in the two reaches G formed by two half-round notches therein, and then through a hole in the center of the brace, beneath which it is secured by a nut. The clips J surround the upper part of the block L, and are secured under the flat side thereo y plates 41 under the reaches and brace, and nuts is under said plates.

By this arrangement and combination of the brace and the springs and reaches, the steady and uniform motion of the vehicle is insured ZAGHRIAH TAYLOR BUSH.

Witnesses FRANK A. MILLER, J. D. GRUM. 

